Remote Mindfulness-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Postmenopausal Women

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postmenopausal

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness Audio Recordings

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05590507

22-007713

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to figure out if postmenopausal women find a mindfulness audio recording acceptable for use along with physical activity, and to find out if this tool is helpful in increasing daily physical activity.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients self-report as being > 1 year postmenopausal.
• Patients are able to walk without a walking aid.
• Patients own and know how to operate a smart phone or tablet.
• Patients are willing and able to complete the activity monitoring.
• Patients are self-reportedly underactive.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients are < 1 year postmenopausal.
• Patients require a walking aid for daily mobility.
• Patients do not own a smartphone or table, or are unwilling to use such a device for the purposes of the study.
• Patients' primary form of exercise is swimming (the activity monitors are not waterproof).
• Patients are unable or unwilling to complete activity monitoring.
• Patients are unable to provide informed consent independently.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A/Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will use mindfulness audio recordings along with their physical activity, and will receive a weekly health coaching phone call along with supplemental educational materials.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Audio Recordings

Group B/Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects will receive education materials on healthy habits for increasing physical activity based on the National Institutes of Health, and bi-weekly check-in phone call.